Rail-joint.



J. w.l WAGGUNER.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30 I9I5.

1 ,21 9,057. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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JAMES VJ. VIAGGONER, 0F MOUNTAIN VEW', QKLAHOMA.

` nain-JorianV Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Evitar. 13, i917.

Application filed March 3G, 1915. Serial No.'18,155.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs W. WAGGONER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mountain View, in the county of Kiowa, State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railroad rail joints, and is particularly directed to the provision of such a joint wherein the necessity of using the usual threaded securing bolt to hold the structure together is done away with, to thus cbviate the danger of the joint becoming' loose due to a loosening of the said screws.

It is particularly the object of the invention to provide such a joint which embodies the above advantageous features in a structure of maximum simplicity and without losing any of the advantages of the conventional form of rail joint.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a joint wherein the various parts for holding the rail are interchangeable.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention resides more particularly in the combination, formation and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and speciiically pointed out in the appended claim.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawing wherein similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved rail joint.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the joint.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the joint'on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the joint on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the holding plates.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the connecting plate.

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view through the connecting plate, showing one of the washers or binding plates for holding a spike.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, there is shown a pair of usual railroad ties 5 on which are positioned the meeting ends 6 of .a pair of rail sections.

The novel joint for holding these rail ends together comprises a pair of holding plates 7, each including a vertical flange 8 adapted to engage against the web vportion of the rail, and an angularly disposed flange 9 adapted to have its ends rest on the ties 5. Each plate atthe meeting point of said flanges is provided with a longitudinal groove 10 to receive a portion of the base flange of the rail. yl`he connecting means for these plates comprises a block 11 depending from each plate and disposed between the ties and provided with a slotted opening 11 receiving one end portion of a connecting plate 12. The flanges 9 are provided with substantially square openings 13, and the ends of the plate are provided with alining oblong openings 14 for receiving conventional railroad spikes 15 whereby the whole device is secured together. An additional binding means for the spikes comprises washer plates 14a positioned in the outer portions of the openings 111 of the connecting plate and held against slipping down through said openings by eX- tensions 14h at their upper ends seating1 in corresponding sockets at the sides of the openings 14.

ToV form a seat for the rail, the blocks 11 are extended inwardly past the grooves 10 to form shoulders 16 for seating the rail and the top portion of the connecting plate 12 is provided with a cutaway portion 17 lying in the same plane as the shoulders 16. Spikes 18 are passed through the end portions of the flanges 9, and as these anges are inclined at a slight angle to the tie, they will hold the vertical anges 8 tightly against the web of the rail. Thus as the weight of a train is placed on said rails it will tend to rock the plates to more firmly grasp the rails.

To hold the rails against undesired longitudinal movement with relation to the flanges, a plurality of pins 19 are loosely positioned in openings 20 in the rail ends, which may be the openings usually formed in said ends for receiving bolts, and the ends of these pins are reduced as shown at 21 and positioned in openings 22 in the vertical flanges in the plates, these pins being put in place as the device is assembled and are thus held by the plates.

From the foregoing it is seen that a comparatively simple form of rail joint has been provided, the plates 7 being interchangeable so that they may be used 0n either side of the rail.

Vhat is claimed is.

rThe combination with the meeting ends of two rails, of a pairl of securing plates for engaging the web and base portions of the rails, blocks depending from said securing plates and having transverse openings therein, portions of said blocks being spaced from the under side of said securing plates to provide shoulders upon which the outer longitudinal edges of the bases of the rails are adapted to rest, a connecting plate disposed between said blocks and having its Copies of this patent may be obtained for longitudinal edges mounted in the openings therein, said Connecting plate having a longitudinally extending cutaway portion in its upper surface, the bottoni of said portion being in the same plane with the upper surface of said shoulders and adapted to have the rails rest thereon, and means for fastening said rails to said securing and connecting plates.

in testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES 7. VVAGGONER. l/Vitnesses:

WM. VRIGHT, J. F. FERRELL.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

